Archives for April 2004

Lots of Deals Ever more daily deal reports include a modern-day Alice in Wonderland about a fortysomething housewife, the story of Dr. Atkins, a big film option, and still plenty more. See deals live during the day and join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals by e-mail at night, catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) by joining PublishersMarketplace.com today. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you aren’t using the online form linked below. […]

Lots of Deals It’s another one of those days when deal truly lead the news, with 30 new reports posted since yesterday, including: The authorized biography of Desmond Tutu, a popular preacher’s tale, arguing Jamestown over Plymouth, how the demand for fish may have led to the discovery of America, the history of spam, an Ethel Merman bio, Melvin Van Peebles on his badass film, and still plenty more. See deals live during the day and join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals by e-mail at night, catch up on them all, and search well […]

The Latest Among the almost 20 latest deal reports, new since last night’s big round-up: a major deal for one of Jonah’s favorite authors, another big Beatles project, the memoir of a young soldier just returned from Iraq, “loving the Cheney within,” the “female Lawrence of Arabia” who drew the boundaries of Iraq, livign with diabetes, Lou Dobb’s favorite cause, how the whaling trade made America an economic power, and of course plenty more. See deals live during the day and join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals by e-mail at night, catch up on […]

Soldier, Just Arrived Home, Announces Deal Among the 17 latest deal reports: The memoir of a young soldier just returned from Iraq, Lou Dobb’s favorite cause, the American version of satiric photos of celebrity lookalikes in compromising positions, the story of daylight savings time, US rights to an Australian besteller, and of course plenty more. Catch up on over 90 new ones since our last round-up, and join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals by e-mail at night, catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) […]

Blackmun, Another Agent’s Anthology, First Fiction, First Buy, and More Among the more than 20 new deals since yesterday: A book based on the papers of Justice Harry Blackmun, lots of first fiction (including one significant deal), ending chronic symptoms, how to be your own detective, another agent sells a nonfiction anthology, an editor’s first buy at a new house, and of course still plenty more. Catch up on all 75 so far this week, and join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals by e-mail at night, catch up on them all, and search well […]

Walters’ Sale Confirmed, Price Revised Miramax has confirmed their purchase of Barbara Walters’ memoir, for publication in 2007, though Variety revises the guesstimate of the sale price downward to $4-5 million. She will write the book herself. In other deal news, among the over 15 new reports, there’s more coming from the author of SHADOWMANCER, six-figure fiction deals about terrorist and the Army counterintelligence unit (based on the author’s real-life adventures), a memoir from New Paltz’ newsmaking mayor, a MacArthur fellow’s look at the experience of a patient, and as usual, plenty more. Join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in […]